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This page consists of all of the quests that are available in Dragon Age II.
Act 1 Edit
Opening Act questEdit
Main plot quests Edit
- A Business Discussion
- A Friend in the Guard
- A New Home?
- Act of Mercy
- Blackpowder Promise
- Enemies Among Us
- Long Way Home
- Shepherding Wolves
- Tranquility
- Wayward Son
- Friends in Low Places (optional)
Secondary quests Edit
- An Errant Letter
- Bait and Switch
- Fools Rush In
- Finders Keepers
- Get Back to Work
- Herbalist's Tasks (Act 1)
- Loose Ends
- Magistrate's Orders
- The Bone Pit
- The First Sacrifice
- The Unbidden Rescue
Side quests Edit
Note: Quests in Green require an imported prerequisite from Dragon Age: Origins. Grey quests are mutually-exclusive with the quest of the same shade, based on a Grey Warden-related choice in the expansion and DLC. See pages for details.
- Bottled Scar 5:34 Exalted
- Changing One's Nature
- Caste Treatise and House Accounting
- Dark Epiphany
- Eustice's Pommel
- Grimoire of the Apprentice
- Last of His Line
- Locks of the Golden Fool
- Miracle Makers
- Map of Occupied Kirkwall
- Night Lies
- Pier Pressure
- Redblossom Special
- Remains of the Outlaw Bearded Beast
- Remains of the Outlaw Half-Braid Silsam
- Secret Rendezvous
- Sharp Little Pinpricks
- Shawl of Dalesdottir
- The Conspirators
- The Paragon's Toe
- The Remains of Sister Plinth
- The Seal of House Talwain
- Terror on the Coast
Companion quests Edit
- Birthright
- Duty
- Family History
- Fenris Recruited
- Isabela's Contact
- Nice Crime You Have Around Here
- Portrait of the Past
- Questions and Answers
- The Way It Should Be
- Talk to Anders
- Welcome Home
Act closing quest Edit
Act 2 Edit
Act opening quest Edit
Main plot quests Edit
- All That Remains
- Blackpowder Courtesy
- Demands of the Qun
- Following the Qun
- Offered and Lost
- Prime Suspect
- Profit and Loss (only if you accept Dougal's loan at the end of Act I)
- To Catch a Thief (optional)
Secondary quests Edit
- Cave Crawling
- Cavern of Dead
- Fool's Gold
- Herbalist's Tasks (Act 2)
- Inside Job
- Night Terrors
- Pick Up Pickaxes
- Raiders on the Cliffs
Side quests Edit
Note: Quests in Orange unlock from making "pro-templar" choices in Act 1, and aqua quests unlock from making "pro-mage" choices (see Mage Hunter and Arcane Defender for more information). Some quests are unlocked through others, making them essential prerequisites. See quest pages for details.
- A Debt in the Family
- Bounty Hunter
- Goosegirl Cameo
- Elves at Large
- The Eyes of Azure Jamos
- The Fixer
- Forbidden Knowledge
- Hometown Breed
- Honoring the Fallen
- Ladies' Lights Out
- The Lost Patrol
- The Lowdown
- Lyrium-Laced Bilge Hoop (Unlocked through Fool's Gold)
- The Midnight Meeting (Unlocked through completing Act of Mercy violently, not deceptively)
- The One True Pantaloons
- Ream-Rot Knife
- Seal of Old God Dumat
- Sketchy on the Details
- "South-Song" Gerralt's Corpse
- Swatch of the Jackyard
- The Underground Railroad
- Search and Rescue
- How to Frame a Templar
- Waxler's Hat
- Wentworth's Sixth Finger
Companion quests Edit
Note: The purple quests may unlock as a result of Night Terrors and can only unlock Anders in the Fade and two others in any playthrough. Consoling Words unlocks by having left your sibling at home during The Deep Roads Expedition.
- A Bitter Pill
- A Ship for Isabela
- A Story Being Told
- An Update
- Anders in the Fade
- Back From Sundermount
- Calling on the Captain
- Consoling Words
- Dissent
- Doubts that Linger
- Family Matter
- Fenris Night Terrors
- Friendly Concern
- Isabela's Apology
- Isabela's Ongoing Search
- Merrill, An Apology
- Mirror Image
- Plans for the Future
- Repentance
- Speak to Fenris (Act 2)
- Visit Anders
- Varric's Apology
- Wooden Halla
- Tevinter Chantry Amulet
- The Long Road
- The Captain's Condolences
- The Book of Shartan
- The Tethras Signet Ring
- The Starkhaven Longbow
- Shield of the Knight Herself (quest)
- Questioning Beliefs (Anders Act 2)
- Questioning Beliefs (Aveline Act 2)
- Questioning Beliefs (Fenris Act 2)
- Questioning Beliefs (Isabela Act 2)
- Questioning Beliefs (Merrill)
- Questioning Beliefs (Sebastian Act 2)
Act closing quest Edit
Act 3 Edit
Act opening quest Edit
Main plot quests Edit
Secondary quests Edit
- A Murder of Crows
- Finding Nathaniel
- Gamlen's Greatest Treasure
- Herbalist's Tasks (Act 3)
- Mine Massacre
- Visit Gamlen
Side quests Edit
- A Noble Agenda
- Beware of Dog
- Kind of Want
- King Alistair
- Red Run Streets
- Reining It In
- The Last Holdouts
- The Lost Swords
- Who Needs Rescuing?
- The Awiergan Scrolls: First Aspect
- The Awiergan Scrolls: Second Aspect
- The Awiergan Scrolls: Third Aspect
- The Awiergan Scrolls: Pride Unbound
Companion quests Edit
- A New Path
- A Rivaini Talisman
- A Small Problem
- A Talking To
- Alone
- An Anniversary
- Blade of Mercy (quest)
- Champions and Captains
- Check on Anders
- Closure
- Faith
- Favor and Fault
- Haunted
- Isabela's Regret
- Justice
- Memento of the Dalish
- Merrill, Friend or Foe
- No Rest for the Wicked
- The New Place
- The Storm and what Came Before It
- Speak to Fenris (Act 3)
- Questioning Beliefs (Anders Act 3)
- Questioning Beliefs (Aveline Act 3)
- Questioning Beliefs (Fenris Act 3)
- Questioning Beliefs (Isabela Act 3)
- Questioning Beliefs (Sebastian Act 3)
Act closing quest Edit
Downloadable Content Edit
Legacy Edit
Main quests Edit
Optional quests Edit
Mark of the Assassin Edit
Main quests Edit
Optional quests Edit
- The Cult of the Sky
- The Master's Salve
- Baiting a Wyvern
- The Lost Hounds
- Wishing Well
- Hard to Stomach
The following quests depend on party configuration:
- Literary Theft (Varric)
- Arcane Feathers (Anders)
- A Warrior's Legacy (Fenris)
- The Odd Ensign (Carver)
- A Symbolon (Bethany)
- Pirates and their Curses (Isabela)
- A Map of Sorts (Isabela)
- A Romantic's Gift (Aveline)
- The Du Lac Sign (Aveline)
- A Secret Formula (Sebastian)


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The ordination to the Holy Orders of the Diaconate of Bro. Norbert Suresh, MSSCC
On Sunday, April 15, 2018 Confreres, friends, family and parishioners gathered at St. Mary's Church in Fairfield, PA to celebrate the 50th anniversary of ordination to the priesthood of Fr. Michael Messaro, M.SS.CC. Fr. Messaro was ordained on March 30, 1968 after completion of his studies at the Propagation of the Faith Pontifical University in Rome. He also attained a Master of Divinity and a Master of Arts in Biblical Studies at St. Charles Seminary in Philadelphia, PA.
The new chapel in the village of Kumkuvarapalem, dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, was blessed on August 10, 2017 by most Rev. M.D. Prakasm, Bishop of Nellore.
With great joy and thanksgiving to God, our Superior General announced that Pope Francis has appointed Father Hector Luis Zordan, M.SS.CC. Bishop of Gualeguaychu, Entre Rio province, Argentina by Pope Francis on March 28, 2017. He was consecrated Bishop on May 28, 2017 in the Cathedral of St. Joseph in Gualeguaychu.
Father Delegate Antony Samy is eager to begin the work on two small Chapels in outlying villages where our Missionaries have been serving. The villagers are eager to have a worship space as they now attend Mass celebrated in one of the homes.
Superior General Fr. Luigi Toscano presided on a Mid-Chapter November 7 through 13, 2016 in Thambuchettypalya, Bangalore, India. The Chapter was open to all the Delegates from the eight countries where we have an established presence which are, Italy, the United States, Argentina, India, Nigeria, Slovakia, Indonesia and Colombia.
WATER PUMP PROJECT IN Dhingurpani Parish, Jharkhand, India has been completed under the direction of the Missionaries of the Sacred Hearts.
The Diocese of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania has designated Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary parish (St. Mary's) in Fairfield, PA as a special pilgrimage site for the Year of Mercy from December 8, 2015 to November 20, 2016. Pilgrims are encouraged to visit one of the several churches selected to pass through the Holy Doors. Fr. Robert Malagesi, M.SS.CC., Pastor of St. Mary's has encouraged pilgrims to visit the church during this special year.
On October 29, 2015 a new program aimed at providing a mid-day meal daily to those parishioners in most need was inaugurated by the Missionaries who staff the mission in Kuchipudi, Andhra Pradesh, India. The program is modelled on the providing of meals begun by St. Gaetano, our Founder in Secondigliano, Italy at our Motherhouse, which still continues today.
On July 14, 2015 by mandate of Pope Francis, the Apostolic Penitentiary granted the celebration of a Jubilee Year from September 23, 2015 to September 23, 2016 in celebration of the Bicentennial of the priestly ordination of the Founder of the Missionaries of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, St. Gaetano Errico.
Brother David Graber, M.SS.CC. who is a teacher at St. Augustine Prep School in Richland, NJ was recognized for his work and leadership of the project of the Junior Class at the school. Students volunteer to serve at Cathedral Kitchen in the city of Camden, NJ where meals are provided for the needy and homeless.
Nigerian Community Dispensary begins service to villagers on November 10, 2014. Fr. Peter Morkah, M.SS.CC. reports that the first opening day of the new medical dispensary on the grounds of our Formation House in Owerri, Nigeria, was greeted by over 200 people seeking medical attention. The Dispensary is served by four volunteer doctors and a nurse from the teaching hospital in Orlu, each giving one day a week to the new dispensary.
Fr. Peter Morkah, M.SS.CC., Delegate of our Nigerian Community has confirmed that construction is well underway on a new dispensary to serve the needs of the residents of the area close to our Formation House in Owerri.
It is with great joy that the first four members of our Indonesian Community profess perpetual vows in our Institute on the Feast of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus, June 27, 2014.
Delegates from each of the Delegations around the world gathered in Naples for a General Chapter at the end of June.
Delegates elected by their respective regions gathered today in Naples for a General Chapter, with the main purpose of electing a new Superior General. The death of Superior General, Fr. Salvatore Izzo on Good Friday this past March necessitated the convening of a General Chapter to find his successor. The chapter begins with two days for a reflective retreat for all participants to be followed by a week of discussions, culminating in the election of the new Superior General.
With great sadness and a grave sense of loss, we received the news of the death of our Superior General, Fr. Salvatore Izzo on Good Friday, March 29, 2013. His death came after a long and courageous battle with cancer. A battle he faced with serenity, dignity and the sure knowledge that God was with him always. Fr. Salvatore, a native of Rochetta e Croce, Italy was 68 years old.
Pope Benedict with his Apostolic Letter Porta Fidei, declared that a "Year of Faith" will begin on Oct.11, 2012 and conclude on Nov. 24, 2013.
"Shaping Mind and Soul" is not just a motto on the logo of the new Missionaries of the Sacred Hearts English Medium High School in Kuchipudi, India, but rather is its goal.
The new school in the state of Andhra Pradesh in southern India, was dedicated on April 27, 2012. His Excellency, Most Rev. Moses D. Prakasam, Bishop of Nellore, and Superior General, Fr. Salvatore, Izzo. presided at the dedication ceremony. The new school is situated on grounds adjacent to the Sacred
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Rev. Angelo Terracciano, M.SS.CC. December 18, 2012
Rev. Raffaele Baia, M.SS.CC. December 18, 2012
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Rev. Malcolm MacLeod. M.SS.CC. June 27, 2012
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Our congregation has accepted the appointment by the Diocese of Harrisburg to begin pastoral ministry of St. Joseph the Worker Parish, Bonneauville, PA.
In his comprehensive document on the Sacred Hearts Lay Missionary movement presented in February to the Lay Missionary group in Italy, Fr. Salvatore Izzo, quoted from the Vatican document on Consecrated Life in which the laity are invited to share in the charism and spirituality of religious congregations. In doing so, new paths of communion and cooperation may be beneficially formed for both the religious members and the laity. The aim is that through a communion of spirituality with religio


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Employers are becoming more confident in their knowledge of the apprenticeship levy, research by the Institute of Directors (IoD) has shown.
According to a survey of 1,141 employers, 51% now say they understand it perfectly - up from 36% in March 2018.
Since it was introduced in April 2017, the apprenticeship levy has come under fire from businesses for its complexity and lack of flexibility.
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From April 2018, levy-paying businesses have been able to transfer up to 10% of their training funds to other employers in their supply chain, but this will increase to 25% from April 2019.
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Of those who were dissatisfied with the apprenticeships scheme, 60% said their firm would benefit more if they were allowed to use levy funds for other forms of training.
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah prosecutor said Monday he plans to decide soon what charges to file against a teenager accused of punching a soccer referee who later died after slipping into a weeklong coma.
Authorities say the 17-year-old struck Ricardo Portillo in the head last month during a recreational league match after the referee called a penalty against him.
Hours later, the 46-year-old went into a coma. He never regained consciousness and died Saturday. An autopsy was performed the next day, authorities said, but the results have not been made public.
Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill said he and other officials are reviewing evidence and state statutes to determine the appropriate charges, which he expects to announce by midweek.
The teen, whose name is being withheld because he is a minor, is in juvenile detention on suspicion of aggravated assault. Authorities are considering additional charges since Portillo's death.
Legal analysts say the key factor for Gill to determine is intent.
Paul Cassell, a criminal law professor at the University of Utah, who is not involved in the case, said that from what he has seen it doesn't appear the teenager intended to kill Portillo, which means a murder charge is highly unlikely.
More probable is the lesser charge of "homicide by assault," which comes when an attack unintentionally causes death. The charge brings up to five years in prison for adults. Penalties can be less for juveniles.
"This appears to be a freak and tragic result of striking a referee," said Cassell, a former federal prosecutor and judge. "Clearly, that is a crime, but that is not going to be murder."
Tanya Lewis, a private attorney in Salt Lake City and legal analyst, who also is not involved in the case, said the charges should fall between homicide by assault and manslaughter, which is more serious.
For a manslaughter charge, prosecutors would have to show the teen acted with reckless regard for the risk of death.
Cassell said that could be difficult, essentially requiring prosecutors to prove the defendant thought: "This might kill the ref, but I don't care. I'm mad at him. I'm moving forward."
Prosecutors will also have to decide if they want to try the teen as an adult, which would require permission from a judge, Cassell said. Both analysts acknowledged the possibility of such a move, which is usually reserved for the most serious cases.
Little is known about the teenage suspect. He was playing goalie during the game April 27 when he pushed an opposing forward trying to score on a corner kick. Portillo whistled him for a foul, issuing him a yellow card.
The teen began arguing with the referee and then punched him in the face. Portillo was taken to the hospital in fair condition. He fell into a coma later that day.
Portillo's family held a candlelight vigil Sunday and plans to hold his funeral this week.


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Stop and search powers are to be overhauled amid concerns that the controversial practice could have been used illegally one in four times last year.
Home Secretary Theresa May stopped short of introducing fresh legislation - but warned that she would change the law if the use of stop and search did not come down.
As well as bringing in a new code of practice, Mrs May told the House of Commons that individual officers will be stripped of their right to use the powers if they fail a new assessment.
Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper accused Prime Minister David Cameron of watering down Mrs May's reforms.
Changes are being brought in after Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) found that 27% of stop and searches did not contain reasonable grounds for suspicion, meaning more than 250,000 of the one million searches conducted last year could have been illegal.
In addition, black and minority ethnic (BME) members of the public are up to six times more likely to be searched than white people.
The Home Secretary admitted that the only reason for a large number of stop and searches is that the person being searched is black.
Describing it as "absolutely disgraceful", she said it had become a way of life for young people in black and ethnic minority communities and must be changed.
Mrs May said: "It is very clear that in a large number of cases the reasonable grounds for suspicion were not there and one can only therefore assume, given that black people are six times more likely to be stopped and searched than a white person, that it is precisely the fact that they are a black person that has led to that stop and search taking place."
The Home Secretary told the House she had "long been concerned about the use of stop and search".
"While it is undoubtedly an important police power, when it is misused stop and search can be counter-productive," she said.
"First, it can be an enormous waste of police time. Second, when innocent people are stopped and searched for no good reason, it is hugely damaging to the relationship between the police and the public. In those circumstances it is an unacceptable affront to justice."
Mrs May commissioned HMIC to inspect every force in England and Wales to see how stop and search powers are used and last year launched a consultation into the method.
However, reforms to stop and search were reportedly disrupted earlier this year as reports emerged that Mr Cameron blocked plans to curb use of the powers to prevent a view being taken that the Conservatives were too soft on crime.
The Home Secretary announced plans to revise the Police and Criminal Evidence Act Code of Practice A, which outlines what constitutes "reasonable grounds for suspicion".
"The revised code will emphasise that where officers are not using their powers properly they will be subject to formal performance or disciplinary proceedings," Mrs May said.
" I have told them that if they do not do so, the Government will bring forward legislation to make this a statutory requirement."
The Home Secretary told the House of Commons she had commissioned Alex Marshall, chief executive of the professional standards body College of Policing, to review stop and search training.
As part of the review, the college has been asked to introduce an assessment of officers' fitness to use stop and search powers.
In addition, a new scheme, dubbed Best Use of Stop and Search, will include a requirement for forces to introduce a stop and search complaints "community trigger", in which the police must explain to the public how stop and search powers are being used where there is a large volume of complaints.
Mrs May said changes should lead to a significant drop in overall use of stop and search and improved stop-to-arrest ratios.
She added: "But I want to make myself absolutely clear: if the numbers do not come down, if stop and search does not become more targeted, if those stop-to-arrest ratios do not improve considerably, the Government will return with primary legislation to make these things happen."
"Nobody wins when stop and search is misapplied. It is a waste of police time. It is unfair, especially to young black men. It is bad for public confidence in the police."
Ms Cooper said Mrs May had called for statutory guidance on race discrimination and had written to No 10 asking to change the law so that stop and searches could only be carried out to prevent serious violence.
The Labour MP accused the Prime Minister of ignoring ethnic minority communities and the advice of his own Home Secretary.
She said to Mrs May : " You wrote to the Prime Minister in December saying that you wanted to change the law on Section 60 stop and searches so that the test for the powers used is necessary and expedient.
"Well, we agreed, but instead all you are doing is a voluntary scheme."
The Home Secretary replied that she had written to Chief Constables asking them to abolish "unacceptable" targets and said there was no need to change the law on Section 60 as case law effectively does mean the rules have been changed so stop and searches can only be used to prevent serious violence.
Rachel Robinson, policy director for human rights campaign group Liberty, said: " For too long governments have talked tough on racism but maintained stop and search without suspicion - a power steeped in discrimination.
"The Home Secretary's intervention continues the trend - a half-hearted mix of voluntary, patchy measures while telling police to follow current codes of practice is no fix.
"Public trust is wearing thin and today was a missed chance for real change."


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By Marcy Davis
Scientists have long known the importance of permafrost, a layer of frozen soil in circumpolar regions that is one of the first victims of a warming climate. For more than 50 years, researchers have dropped temperature sensors into boreholes at various depths all around the world to track the state of the permafrost. But much of this data remains isolated and unpublished, inaccessible to anyone hoping to track global temperature change.
But if Dr. Vladimir Romanovsky, director of the Permafrost Laboratory at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute, has his way, an international collaboration between the United States and Russia could produce the first international permafrost network. Call it the Cold Cooperation, the scientific opposite of the Cold War.
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As one of 35 National Science Foundation-supported Arctic Observing Network (AON) projects, Romanovsky's work will integrate 80 Alaskan borehole sites—locations where researchers study permafrost, with about 160 Russian borehole sites. This initial step will provide the baseline temperature estimates necessary to evaluate future rates of change, according to Romanovsky.
"Permafrost data is beneficial to any ecological or carbon cycle study," said Romanovsky. "Providing our data to other studies is important. In turn, we want to know about ecosystems, and have to be able to take into account hydrology and vegetation changes. Establishing this network will facilitate better communication and data sharing."
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In addition, the network will make permafrost data more available to climate modelers, which should improve researchers' abilities to predict and understand the interaction between permafrost and climate.
Permafrost, defined as any earth material at or below 0°C for two or more consecutive years typically forms in the Arctic, subarctic, Antarctica, and in high alpine regions. It can vary in extent and thickness, and the largest area of continuous permafrost underlies the Tibetan Plateau in China with an area totaling 2.5 million square kilometers, more than twice the size of Alaska. Eastern Siberia holds the record for thickest permafrost at 1400 meters.
Domestically, permafrost in the Rocky Mountains of North America is laterally discontinuous, or patchy, with thicknesses ranging from less than one to several meters. Where temperatures are consistently colder, the permafrost is thicker.
Along Alaska's North Slope, permafrost is continuous except under big lakes and rivers, which do not freeze completely to the bottom in winter; water acts as a source of heat to the ground below. At Prudhoe Bay, permafrost is 660 m thick. In Alaska's interior, permafrost is discontinuous, found mostly in stands of black spruce and in low valleys where moss and peat are prevalent; Aspen groves and south-facing slopes rarely have permafrost.
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Romanovsky has observed temperature changes in Alaskan permafrost, but added that interpreting those changes is difficult. Natural oscillations that last multiple decades show the same patterns; researchers need more time to understand whether or not their results result from longer-term, global climate change.
"The cycle seems on an upward trend," he said. "What we see could be global warming, or could just be a longer natural oscillation. What are interesting are the hemispherical similarities between Alaska and Russia. Models can help explain past temperatures and future projections regionally and globally. So, we need to keep making measurements."
Threats To Permafrost
One of the biggest concerns about warming permafrost is that greenhouse gases such as methane now sequestered in permafrost may be released back into the atmosphere, thereby creating a positive feedback for future climate warming. Another worry stems from the potential impacts of thawing permafrost on the communities, which could include localized but important changes in ecosystems and infrastructure.
Romanovsky says, "We are seeing changes in permafrost, but they are slowly evolving changes. There could be dangers for people who live in permafrost regions so they should be aware of the problem, but should not panic. Instead, we need to focus on mitigation, and working together. We have some ways to tackle these problems, but it takes time and money."


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You really need to come down from cloud cuckoo land and join the real world. There is one thing that drives a capitalist economy and that is the pursuit of profit. No manufacturer (and that include the likes of Sony and even Apple) pay any more for any component in any product than they have to.
Apple have sold something like 100m iPhones. Suppose they could save just $0.01 per unit that would have been $1m!! If they paid $1 more per unit than they really needed to that would have cost $100,000,000 - that is 1/10th of 1 billion dollars!!


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A new bestselling book bears a title, "Is College Worth It?", that was not generally top of mind a decade ago.
That the question resonates today, however, probably explains why the book, out just a week, is already "temporarily out of stock" on Amazon, likely holding back its sales rank to a mere No. 250 of all books.
What has happened in the past several years to make this provocative question so current?
Well, for one thing, the cost of college tuition has risen by a whopping 42% from 2000 to 2010, according to the book's authors, William Bennett and David Wilezol.
That questioning the value of a college degree has gained currency likely reflects more than increased costs, but a dawning awareness of decreased benefits in a weak economy.
Bennett's status as former secretary of education in the Reagan administration adds irony to the college rite of passage whose assumed value made it the path of upward mobility throughout the postwar period. And as a political conservative opposed to what he sees as liberal indoctrination on college campuses, his critique of higher education has a broad focus.
But a narrower look at the economic and financial aspects of the college decision bears relevance, no matter what your politics.
The reasons include increased costs and decreased benefits in a straitened economy.
A policy paper written earlier this year for Ohio University's Center for College Affordability and Productivity by the economists Richard Vedder, Christopher Denhart and Jonathan Robe noted that 48% of college graduates are working in occupations requiring less than a 4-year degree. In fact, most of those positions required no more than a high school diploma.
Yet many college students emerge from their universities not only with degrees, but with substantial student loan debt that must be repaid, whether they find work in their chosen field or not. And many emerge with the debt but without the degree.
So employment prospects amid a recovery economists view as the weakest since World War II matter to parents and students weighing enrollment decisions before the fall semester.
And according to Vedder, Denhart and Robe's research, underemployment and overqualification are trends that should persist throughout the decade.
The reason comes down to basic supply and demand: America continues to produce a quantity of college graduates that exceeds the projected growth in high-skill jobs. Specifically, the Ohio University researchers project 31% growth in bachelor's degrees over the current decade compared with growth of less than half that amount—14%—in the number of jobs requiring such degrees.
"We are essentially creating a glut of overeducated persons who will be forced to perform relatively simple unskilled tasks requiring little in the way of education skills," they write.
One result of this is an increasingly large number of taxi drivers, firefighters, janitors and retail sales clerks with college degrees. The Ohio University researchers note a related trend toward "credential inflation," which involves a dumbing down of academic standards and simultaneous pressure on those lacking credentials, meaning that high school graduates are being pushed out of blue-collar jobs in favor of people with college degrees.
The authors jokingly predict that universities will soon be offering a master's in janitorial studies and that employers will not hire people lacking the credential. But that advanced degree, whether in janitorial or more traditional subjects, is expensive.
And that cost part of the college equation is another key point Bennett and Wilezol stress in their book.
They note that the student loan default ratio has doubled since 2005 and that overall student loan debt now exceeds $1 trillion, overtaking the level of credit card debt last year. Worse, 30% of students with college loans never even graduated.
The New York Times, in an article published last week, offers a more upbeat report on the prospects of college graduates, noting for example that April unemployment for college graduates was 3.9% rather than 7.5% for the labor force as a whole.
But The Times report underscored Bennett and Wilezole and Vedder, Denhart and Robe's research by noting evidence that college graduates are increasingly found among the lots of car rental agents, waitresses and receptionists.
In previous research, Vedder has noted that the U.S. currently has more than 100,000 janitors with college degrees and 16,000 degree-holding parking lot attendants.
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Baseball has had its share of great lineups.
Is the Tigers' current batting order next?
It may not be far-fetched. Two lineups have set the standard during two very different eras of baseball.
The New York Yankees of the 1920s and 1930s were referred to as 'Murderers' Row.' Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig were in the middle of that lineup, and it was astonishing how the Yankees' hitters dominated the American League. There is a good reason the 1927 Yankees are so revered. They hit 158 home runs - and no other AL team hit more than 56. Ruth hit 60 that season. The team OPS (on base plus slugging percentage) was .827, 100 points better than the next best AL club.
The '27 Yankees were 110-44 before sweeping the Pittsburgh Pirates in the World Series.
The Cincinnati Reds' 'Big Red Machine' teams of the 1970s were similarly potent. Johnny Bench, Tony Perez and Joe Morgan are all in the Baseball Hall of Fame. Pete Rose, baseball's all-time hits leader, certainly would be were it not for being banned from baseball for gambling as a manager.
The 1976 Reds won 102 regular season games - and all seven of their postseason games. They led the major leagues by wide margins in batting average, runs, home runs, OPS and on-base percentage.
After a dozen games this season, the Tigers have a long way to go to be mentioned in the same breath with 'Murder's Row' and the 'Big Red Machine.'
Yet, it does appear the Tigers have put together one of the most formidable lineups in recent baseball history.
The Tigers' team batting average is .307 - 30 points better than the next best team (Colorado) though Sunday. The major league average is .250. The Tigers' on-base percentage is .367 - 18 points higher than the next best team (the New York Mets). The Tigers are in the top five in runs scored and OPS. Their power numbers are average, but who doesn't believe that will change as the whether warms?
The Tigers began their season in the bitter cold in Minnesota and at Comerica Park, and at Oakland, which has traditionally been one of the most difficult major league parks for hitters.
At the core of the Tigers' lineup are third baseman Miguel Cabrera and first baseman Prince Fielder. Cabrera is arguably the best hitter of his generation. His average major league season is a .318 batting average with 34 home runs and 121 RBI, and a .955 OPS, which is 20th best all-time. Fielder's garnering only slightly lesser numbers (.288-36-108 average season, .935 OPS, which is 33rd all time).
It's not just the middle of the order that is so ominous about the Tigers. It's the development of a leadoff hitter, Austin Jackson, who is entering his prime at the age of 26. Jackson had a very underrated season in 2012, ranking among the Top 30 players in the major leagues in most significant offensive categories.
Since this point last year, the Tigers have added Omar Infante to fill a glaring hole at second base and hit near the bottom of the order, replaced Delmon Young with Victor Martinez at DH and placed Torii Hunter in right field, filling what had been another obvious need in the lineup.
Cabrera, Fielder, Hunter, catcher Alex Avila, shortstop Jhonny Peralta, Martinez and Infante have all played in the All Star game. Anybody believe Jackson won't some day?
Left fielder Andy Dirks might perceived as the weak link in the lineup, until it is considered he batted .322 last season with an .857 OPS. Dirks, over three seasons, has had roughly a full 162 games of plate appearances in the major leagues (618 and 564 at bats). He is a .287 hitter with 15 home runs and 67 RBI and a .778 OPS. Not exactly a weak link on most clubs. On some, he might be hitting third.
This Tigers' lineup is capable of true greatness, perhaps setting the measure for its generation.
Pat Caputo is a senior sports reporter and a columnist for The Oakland Press. Contact him at email@example.com and read his blog at theoaklandpress.com. You can follow him on Twitter @patcaputo98


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13 students charged in Texas State drumline hazing
SAN MARCOS — Thirteen members of the Texas State University marching band have been charged with misdemeanor hazing after what campus police describe as an initiation involving alcohol.
The university's student affairs vice president, Joanne Smith, says the 13 also have been suspended from the band.
The case stems from an incident the night of Aug. 31, when campus police encountered a vehicle parked on campus with several students inside. Smith says further investigation determined that upper class band members had directed drumline freshmen to a nearby apartment where they were blindfolded and served alcohol.
Aside from those charged with hazing, two students have been charged with furnishing alcohol to a minor and one with giving a false report to a police officer.in a vehicle parked on campus


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The music we listened to between the ages of 13 and 16 is extremely influential. As a career musician, music educator with a music doctorate ... it is my qualified opinion that today's pop music sucks.
I was talking with Bill Kanengiser of the Grammy Award winning Los Angeles Guitar Quartet and he said exactly that. He said to one of my guitar students:
"the music me and Bill grew up listening to is SO much better than the crap you guys are listening to today."One of the reasons for this is highlighted by the late great musical genius, Frank Zappa in the interview above.
When I was a kid, I was lucky. I had good musical influences. As a 8 yr old I was listening to R&B, but when I hit those formative years in my early teens, it was progressive rock, jazz-rock fusion, and ethnic music. I was introduced to Baroque music, my first love in the sphere of European classical music by an album called "Switched on Bach," that I got when I was 13. I've been hooked on contrapuntal music ever since.
Remember those bands? Music that refused to fit into a neat little 3 minute pop radio spots. Music that was through-composed, suite-like, orchestral, experimental, used virtuoso musicians, and stretched the boundaries. Starting in the 60's with the Beatles Sgt Pepper, then Abby Road, and the White Album. Then those crazy experimental albums by Zappa and the Mothers, like Uncle Meat that were improvisational and used experimental electronics. The epic Dark Side of the Moon album of Pink Floyd. The band Yes, with Steve Howe and Rick Wakeman. On the Fragile album we heard a classical guitar solo from Steve Howe - "Mood for a Day, " a transcription of a movement of a Brahms Symphony, and later Wakeman releasing his epic "Journey to the Centre of the Earth" with the London Sympony. Emerson Lake and Palmer, recorded their Trilogy, Brain Salad Surgery, Pictures at an Exhibition albums with rock transcriptions of classical music composers Aaron Copeland, Alberto Ginastera and Modesto Mussorgsky. Their Works album had Keith Emerson's piano concerto recorded with the London Symphony.
On the Jazz Rock fusion side there was John McLaughlin and the Mahavishnu Orchestra, his albums with Shakti - virtuoso Indian raga music, Chick Corea, Al Dimeola, and the best instrumental (no vocals) rock guitar album of the era, Jeff Beck's Blow by Blow. Steely Dan's Aja was a revelation, using mostly jazz virtuosos like Wayne Shorter, Phil Woods, Larry Carleton on an album marketed as 'rock'... what a trick! I could go on and on.
Compare this music to what 15 yr olds listen to today, I was very lucky.


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- By Michele WojciechowskiLiving & Learning WriterSeptember 16, 2013
- By Michele Wojciechowski
One hot August day just before I began high school, my mom called me from her office to tell me the most devastating news. "Ed and I are going to pick out wedding bands after work today," she said.
I burst into tears, told her I couldn't believe she was doing this to me and slammed down the receiver.
I hated my mother at that moment and I really hated Ed. But I hated him for only one reason: He wasn't my dad.
When I was 10, a rare cancer was diagnosed in my father. There hadn't been any symptoms — until the day that he, my mother and I went to a local park to see some hot-air balloons.
When we got home, Dad starting vomiting uncontrollably. My mother rushed him to our family doctor. While pushing on his abdomen, the doctor looked at my mom and said, "You'd better get this boy to a hospital."
This was June 1978. Doctors couldn't figure out what was wrong and eventually resorted to exploratory surgery. They were shocked by what they saw: My 37-year-old father's body was riddled with cancer.
His gastroenterologist should have caught it, but he didn't. People told my mom she should sue him, but my dad asked her not to. He had an abiding belief that everything happened for a reason.
Just a few months after the diagnosis, he died, on Sept. 5.
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New Life, New Family
My family lived in Highlandtown, Md., at the time a working-class section of Baltimore. My dad worked for the Social Security Administration. Like many moms of the time, mine stayed at home with me, her only child. My grandmother and aunts lived just a few blocks away, so I grew up close to my mom's family.
When my father died, my mother was just 36, with a 10-year-old daughter to raise by herself. Life was tough. My father didn't leave us much life insurance, so money was tight. My mom lost many of her friends because most of them were couples and they no longer knew how Mom fit into their circles. They drifted away.
I had my own disconcerting transition. My fifth-grade friends had no idea what to say. After the funeral, they went back to life as though nothing had happened. But my entire world had changed.
Mom and I had always been close, but we became even closer when it was just the two us. No matter what, we would be there for each other. We really related to that Helen Reddy song "You and Me Against the World."
About three years after my Dad died, my mom began dating. I hated every guy she dated because, in my eyes, they screwed up our special relationship.
So when she fell in love with Ed and decided to marry him, my hatred for the two of them, and the world, hit new heights. My mom told me that things would be the same between us, but I didn't believe her. How could they? Now this guy was here.
My mom asked me to be the maid of honor at their wedding and I agreed. I only did it because I loved her so much and I knew it meant a lot to her. But when the minister pronounced them man and wife, I cried so hard my shoulders shook.
About a year later, my mom told me that Ed wanted to adopt me, but that's where I drew the line. There was no way I was giving up what I considered one of my closest links with my dad: his last name.
Eventually we gelled into a kind of family. My mom and I were still close and because Ed had no kids, I remained an only child. Sometimes I told Ed that I loved him — and I meant it, to the degree I was capable of — but I held him at arm's length. He still wasn't my dad.
Ed was good to my mom and me. He worked hard at the local steel mill. Despite the difficult work he did in a dangerous environment, Ed was a softie — he treated our dogs like they were royalty and cried at commercials. He was generous to Mom and me and did a lot for us; nothing was ever too much trouble. One thing I was grateful for: He let my mother discipline me.
Mom's friends regularly commented that she was so lucky to have found another good man. But I didn't want to hear it.
What I wanted I knew wasn't possible. I wanted my dad back.
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I kept up the façade of pseudo acceptance throughout my 20s, but I still clung to my dad's memory and refused to acknowledge Ed's goodness. When I got married in 1995, both Ed and my mom walked me down the aisle. Ever since I was a little girl, I had looked forward to my father doing the honors. I had my mom walk too because she was my only connection to my dad.
Before, during and after my wedding, Ed was violently ill. Two days before my wedding, we had to rush Ed to the hospital. He was having symptoms similar to those of a heart attack. After many tests and lots of worrying, the only thing we learned was that it wasn't his heart. But the doctors couldn't tell us what it was.
My husband and I offered to postpone our honeymoon to Hawaii, but Ed insisted we go. "Planes leave all the time," he said. "If we need you, you can come home."
While we were gone, Ed went back to the hospital, where doctors determined that his gallbladder was full of stones and would have to be removed. Only when we returned home did I learn that Ed had been desperately ill during my entire wedding but didn't tell anyone because he didn't want to ruin my big day.
Over the next decade, Ed ceaselessly demonstrated his true loving nature and it was never more apparent than how he cared about my mother, 14 years his junior. When I was 36 years old and my husband and I were living in Baltimore County, about 20 minutes away from Mom and Ed, we wound up taking Mom to the emergency room. Because she was conscious and not bleeding, we had to wait a very long time to see a doctor.
As the hours passed, I noticed something that had somehow escaped my ken over the previous 22 years: how kind and patient Ed was with my mother. It was like the fog had finally lifted and I could clearly see what everyone had been talking about all these years.
Ed really loved her. He was a good man. And although he wasn't my dad, he had a lot of the same qualities.
The news wasn't good: Mom had lung cancer. Over the next seven months, she would spend a lot of time in the hospital or at my home. Ed slept in a recliner in her hospital room or in an easy chair with his feet up on an ottoman in our family room. At home, Mom was too weak to go up the steps, and he wanted to be near her. So she slept on the sofa, and he slept in a chair next to her.
The man slept in chairs for seven months.
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Two Decades Later: Acceptance
Ed was living with us full-time when Mom died in July 2005. After the funeral, my husband and I told him that we wanted him to stay. After all, he was 78 and we felt he should be living with people who could care for him.
But really, my motivation went beyond that. I had gotten to know Ed better in that seven-month period than I had in the previous 22 years. And I had finally opened my heart to him.
Today we live together in a much bigger house and Ed has his own "in-law suite." The three of us have dinner together almost every night. We have finally become a family. Only this time, I don't hate Ed because he isn't my dad.
I love him because he's Ed.
Michele Wojciechowski is an award-winning author of Next Time I Move, They'll Carry Me Out in a Box.
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Guy Fieri Nation Expands to Include Barbecue Sauces, Salsa
With a gaggle of TV shows, books, restaurants, and endorsements under his belt, it's hard to imagine what else could be on the horizon for Guy Fieri. But at this week's Winter Fancy Foods Show, we managed to find out. The man himself was there to launch his first-ever line of supermarket condiments. While we didn't spot him in person, we did get to check out his barbecue sauces and salsas.
Fieri's salsas come in four flavors (Original Salsa, Salsa Verde, Chipotle Salsa, and 4 Pepper), as do his sauces, which are available in Kansas City, Bourbon Brown Sugar, Pacific Rim, and Carolina #6. We enjoyed the original and salsa verde salsas and the classic Kansas City barbecue sauce.
Whether we like it or not, it's only a matter of time before Guy's shaded, sun-bleached visage takes over the country, one mass-produced bottle at a time.


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Welcome to Kid Lit Exchange from Kate Olson (aka The Loud Library Lady)!
Finally, after 2 months of Kid Lit Exchange being in existence, we have our very own website – how exciting! If you are wondering what we are all about, I will tell you that we are a network of volunteer reviewers (over 130 reviewers at this time!) sharing galleys of children's books (over 100 titles already!) and THEN I will tell you to go check out the other pages on this site to learn more. So much more there, I promise.
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PORTLAND (Sunday, March 16, 2014) – The Chicago Fire (0-1-1, 1 point) battled the Portland Timbers (0-0-2, 2 points) to a 1-1 draw at Providence Park in Portland, Ore., on Sunday afternoon. Quincy Amarikwa earned a penalty kick for the Fire that Jeff Larentowicz converted in the 19th minute before Gaston Fernandez equalized for the Timbers in the 79th minute as the two sides split the points.
The Fire head now head home to host 2013 MLS Supporters' Shield winners New York Red Bulls for Opening Day at Toyota Park, presented by Giordano's Chicago Pizza, on Sunday, March 23 at 2:00 p.m. CT. Single game tickets to the Fire's 17 MLS Regular Season home matches and to the July 26 international friendly against Barclay's Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur FC are now available via Ticketmaster and www.Chicago-Fire.com.
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Chicago Fire Head Coach and Director of Soccer Frank Yallop
Overall thoughts on the match
"Well, good to get a point, our first point this season. I thought we played very well in the first half; could have maybe been two-up, but that's soccer. You've got to take your chances, but, in the end, with what happened in the match, getting the red card and being under a lot of pressure at the end, I think we did well to hold onto the point. Had a couple chances real late to maybe win it, so all-in-all happy with the performance of the team and, obviously, not overly pleased we didn't get three points, but it's a start for us. We're building for the future."
On the four line-ups changes from last week's match against Chivas USA:
"Just wanted to freshen it up. I thought it wasn't good enough last week when we played at Chivas USA. I thought we performed very well today. Harry Shipp had his first game, was great. Benji Joya had a start as well. Matt Watson, who I picked up from Vancouver, had a tremendous game today. I had Quincy Amarikwa up top and I thought Quincy was a real handful all game. He's doing well, he works hard at his game, and those guys did really well today and I was happy."
On the team's performance:
"The response today was excellent. I thought our character was strong, we didn't buckle, we kept going. That's the sign of a good team, so hopefully that's the sign for us moving forward. We don't really have any natural wingers and I think Portland's strength is down the middle. Once they get themselves dipped inside they're very good in those underneath positions, underneath the back four and [Darlington] Nagbe coming off the line and stuff like that. So tactically we plugged the middle and I think we did a great job of that. Nicking balls and then broke on them a few times. Maybe could have punished them a bit better in the first half, but still our game plan worked. I thought we nullified a lot of the play, especially the first 60 minutes. Again, it was a good performance by us and I'm proud of the guys and proud of the way they handled themselves today."
Thoughts on the red card for Nyarko:
"To be honest, I'd have to look at it again. But you have to make sure that's worthy of a second yellow. I thought the first one, Nagbe had already played it, why didn't he just play on or give a foul and not a yellow? The second one, it was right in front us. Patrick [Nyarko] was on the other side, so I couldn't really see, but again it's got to be worthy of the foul. I can't really comment until I see it."
Fire midfielder Matt Watson
On his first start in his first game with the Fire:
"It's obviously good to get into the team. Obviously, I've got a lot to learn about how [Chicago] play and things like that. All the guys have been really welcoming since I've been here. We've come to Portland and to get a hard-fought point is good, but it's disappointing we couldn't get three."
On Chicago's performance
"I think we just need to clean up on small things. You can see the fight is there, things like that. All the basic fundamental things are there, but we need to just maybe relax a little bit on the ball; just play. If we can just take a step back, relax, play, we'll be great this year. We've got some great guys. [Quincy] Amarikwa was fighting for every ball. When you see that, it just inspires you to play and get behind him and push up, things like that. If we clean up on the small things we'll be great."
Fire midfielder Harry Shipp
On making his debut
"It was obviously exciting, especially playing here for 90 minutes in front of a great crowd. It's definitely something I've been working towards my entire life and to finally make the debut is special. I wish, obviously, we would have gotten the three points. Thought we had it at the end in stoppage time, but overall not too bad of a way to start."
On Chicago's tactical approach to Portland
"We had a lot of changes from the lineup last week, so I think our first and foremost responsibility was getting those good spots defensively. I think Lovel [Palmer] on the right, Gonzalo [Segares] on the left really did a good job talking to the outside mids in terms of cutting off those interior passes because obviously that's what Portland likes to do first is find those guys in the seams. So I think, kind of forcing them wide, we were able to do that and kept them from being extremely dangerous."
On Chicago's performance:
"Quincy did a great job drawing the penalty kick first. I think we came out confident. We didn't want to be shy. We felt like we didn't come out with as much energy as we would have liked to last week, so we really wanted to change that this week. Then giving up the goal wasn't what we wanted, but I think we responded pretty well. We had a couple good chances after we gave up that goal to actually steal the game and win 2-1. So overall I think we responded pretty well to giving up the goal."
- With the draw, the Fire move to 0-3-2 all-time in matches played against the Timbers. This is the first time the Fire have earned a point in Portland, after previously going 0-2-0 in away matches.
- Patrick Ianni, Harry Shipp and Matt Watson made their Fire debuts this afternoon. Shipp and Watson started and played the full 90 minutes while Ianni entered the match in the 67th minute.
- With the start, Shipp becomes the first Homegrown Player in Fire history to appear in a MLS match for the club.
- Quincy Amarikwa, who drew the penalty kick, earned his first start for the Fire. Amarikwa previously appeared in 15 appearances as a substitute, and has scored four goals in 232 minutes.
- Midfielder Patrick Nyarko will miss the Fire's home opener against the New York Red Bulls on March 23 due to the requisite one-game suspension for the red card that he was shown in the 86th minute of today's match. This is Nyarko's first career red card in seven MLS seasons.
Chicago Fire 1 – 1 Portland Timbers
Chicago Fire: Sean Johnson; Lovel Palmer (Patrick Ianni 67'), Jhon Kennedy Hurtado, Bakary Soumare, Gonzalo Segares; Jeff Larentowicz ©, Harry Shipp, Alex, Matt Watson, Benji Joya (Patrick Nyarko 64'); Quincy Amarikwa (Juan Luis Anangono 83')
Substitutes not used: Kyle Reynish, Logan Pause, Greg Cochrane, Victor Pineda
Portland Timbers: Donovan Ricketts, Mamadou Danso, Jack Jewsbury, Norberto Paparatto, Michael Harrington, Diego Chara, Diego Valeri (Frederic Piquionne) 86', Will Johnson, Gaston Fernandez, Darlington Nagbe, Maximiliano Urruti (Steve Zakuani 61')
Substitutes not used: Andrew Weber, Alvas Powell, Ben Zemanski, Rauwshan McKenzie, Michael Nanchoff
Scoring Summary
CHI – Jeff Larentowicz (penalty kick) 19'
POR – Gaston Fernandez (unassisted) 79'
Misconduct Summary
CHI – Bakary Soumare (caution) 25'
CHI – Lovel Palmer (caution) 43'
CHI – Quincy Amarikwa (caution) 61'
CHI – Patrick Nyarko (caution) 73'
CHI – Patrick Nyarko (caution, ejection) 86'
POR – Norberto Paparatto (caution) 91'
Referee: Marcos de Oliveira
Assistants: Israel Fernandez, Brandon Major
Fourth Official: Bernard Hosu
Fourth Official: Bernard Hosu
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As private equity's attraction to the advisor industry stays strong, Genworth Financial Wealth Management and Cetera Financial Group both announced the completion of business sales on Tuesday.
Genworth Financial Wealth Management, located in Pleasant Hill, Calif., is moving forward as an independent company with the completion of its sale from Genworth Financial (GNW) to a partnership of two private equity firms, Aquiline Capital Partners and Genstar Capital.
Officials with the parent company said in March that the deal would take a $40 million after-tax loss, with $35 million recorded in the first quarter. Genworth Financial said proceeds from the deal would be used to address its debt due in 2014 or before. The company will continue to use the Genworth Financial Wealth Management name until it announces a new name later this year.
Gurinder Ahluwalia (left), president and CEO of Genworth Financial Wealth Management, said the firm's new investment partners shared a belief in the importance of independent financial advice and a commitment to serving advisor clients.
And unlike the firm's former publicly held owner, the new private equity owners offer the firm greater flexibility without the worries of reporting quarterly results as part of a larger corporation.
"In many ways, we are getting back to our roots and looking forward to taking our business to the next level," Ahluwalia said in a statement.
In a phone interview, Ahluwalia added that the firm's new name will be announced sometime between the end of October and the new year.
"We want a name that embodies where we are today and the importance we place on serving the advisor," he said. "Today is our first day as an independent company, and we're very aware that we are in the business of helping advisors become more successful."
Ahluwalia said he feels enthusiastic about his firm's future because private partners Aquiline and Genstar are equally enthusiastic about growing the business . "It's really fun when you have an alignment around that objective. We feel more empowered as an organization. There is flexibility in being able to take the longer view on what's really serving the advisor."
Genworth Financial Wealth Management is now developing products and services to support advisors and their clients. In the coming months, the firm plans to introduce new investment solutions and more efficient processes for managing client assets on its platform. The firm has approximately $20 billion in assets on its platform and helps more than 6,000 advisors.
Cetera Financial Group, meanwhile, on Tuesday announced the completed acquisition of MetLife's two independent broker-dealers, Tower Square Securities and Walnut Street Securities. With those closed deals, the company has added approximately 800 advisors and more than $25 billion in client assets.
Cetera, a privately held, independent broker-dealer, now serves approximately 7,400 advisors with more than $141 billion in total client assets, including more than $33 billion in fee-based advisory assets.
"We are excited to be given the opportunity to serve these advisors. Helping them deepen their relationships with their clients and grow their practices is at the core of what we do," said Cetera CEO Valerie Brown in a statement. "This acquisition will also be a win for our current advisors as we benefit from the expertise that Tower Square and Walnut Street have in the retirement and insurance markets."
Tower Square and Walnut Street will join one of Cetera's four firms, Cetera Advisor Networks. Advisors with Tower Square and Walnut Street are located throughout the country, and will expand Cetera's footprint in the Midwest and Northeast. Cetera is headquartered in El Segundo, Calif.
In 2010, ING Groep completed the sale of three of its four independent broker-dealers (FNIC, Primevest and Multi-Financial) to Lightyear Capital, which used them as the basis for Cetera.
"We've begun building personal connections with these advisors, and are impressed with how well they fit the culture of this firm," said Doug King, president and CEO of Cetera Advisor Networks, in a statement. "We look forward to the new ideas that this group brings to the firm."
The new advisors will gain access to Cetera's broker-dealer and RIA resources, including its wealth management and technology platform, new fee-based financial consulting programs, and its Connect2Clients and C2CSocial marketing platforms.
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On his upcoming release Another Day (Eusonia Records, 2011), Zach Deputy demonstrates his remarkable ability to perform and record in multiple contexts. He proves beyond a doubt that he is a soul singer and a serious songwriter—not merely a "looper"1 with crazy chops, serious pipes and colorful outfits. Another Day offers another look at Zach Deputy and clearly seeks to help him cross-over into other audiences. Rich with ballads and mid-tempo humidity, the music on this recording is best described as soulful rhythm and blues, with flavors of Al Green, Taj Mahal and Stevie Wonder emerging in the swells, changes and modulations of the music, in the voice and even occasionally in the lyrical content. The record will appeal to fans of contemporary artists like Jack Johnson and Amos Lee, but the origins of the style and feel are classic. As a boy, the music of Zach Deputy's Puerto Rican, Cruzan and Irish heritage was cooked up in a South Carolina heat. The Calypso rhythms and folk songs of St. Croix competed with the R&B / soul of pioneers like James Brown and Ray Charles for space on the family stereo. As Deputy honed his craft, a unique hybrid of these influences emerged, ultimately creating the signature Zach Deputy sound. However, when Zach's manager first turned producer Scott Jacoby on to some of Zach's more funky, upbeat live performances, Jacoby simply didn't hear it. The one-man-band live looping show features a more simplified version of Deputy's music, and Jacoby was looking for songs, structure, changes, hooks, choruses… stuff that is nearly impossible to do by one's self on stage with a nylon string Godin acoustic guitar, a handful of mics and a bunch of looping technology. Zach simply showed up at Jacoby's studio with his acoustic guitar and sang a few songs and Jacoby was inspired—the urban-oriented dance album they had discussed was going to have to wait: he and Zach were going to make what they called a "Ray Lamontagne record". Recorded over 5 days in August, 2009 at Mission Sound Recording in Brooklyn, NY, Another Day emerged as a warm, mellow album that suits after hours and sunsets. It is possible that the only benefit to recording with a limited budget in a small window of time is that the raw essence of the session is not stripped away by weeks or months of second guessing and revision. The instincts and experience of the players is critical in sessions like this, and Jacoby chose the right guys to fill out the sound of the record. To handle the ever-present Latin, Caribbean and African elements in Zach Deputy's backbeat and place them in the contemporary soul / pop format of the songs, Jacoby tapped Graham Hawthorne (Aretha Franklin, Harry Belafonte, Joan Osborne, Paul Simon, David Byrne) for the drum kit. Bassist Al Carty came into the studio and explained to Deputy's manager that he a little scattered, as he had played four church gigs that day. Despite the list of artists he has recorded or toured with (Lou Reed, Rob Thomas, Alicia Keys, De La Soul, Carrie Underwood, Gavin DeGraw, Me'shell Ndegeocello, Ashanti and more), the church gigs alone proved that Jacoby was on the mark with this choice for the low end. Zach Deputy is, after all, a soul singer whose music is underpinned by Gospel as much as by any other musical idiom. Equally at home in the Gospel tradition, pianist / organist Will Buthod (Jay-Z, Fat Joe, Alicia Keys, Swizz Beatz, Mashonda. The Harlem Gospel Choir) rounded out the studio trio that filled out Deputy's vision for the recording, a vision made real by Jacoby's pitch perfect choice of accompanists. These four accomplished professionals met for the first time on the first day of recording and worked as if they were old friends with a shared history and a common purpose. In contrast to the music and feel of Another Day, Zach Deputy has made his mark as a touring powerhouse. The big, impossibly upbeat South Carolinian with the infectious smile puts on a solo show-- enhanced by looping technology-- that is essentially a one man dance party offering up "Island-infused, drum 'n' bass, Gospel-Ninja-Soul" to the enthusiastic crowd of dancers who pack clubs coast-to-coast. It is these late night dance parties—more than 250 per year-- that have made Zach Deputy one of the hottest up-and-coming live performers and a favorite of the camping festival circuit and "jam band" scene. For Zach, most days begin in a hotel room and end a couple of hours after walking off stage, leaving a packed house of sweaty dancers calling for more. The constant touring and the compelling live show may be the key to Zach's success on the road, but it is an unlikely inspiration for Another Day, as there is little similarity between what fans have come to expect from Zach and what is offered up in this new record. Thus, Another Day is an appropriately titled album, and it is truly an album in the classic sense—a collection of songs that come from the same time and place, inspired by the same muse. Reflective and introspective, it provides a glimpse at the soul of an artist and the depth of a songwriter. Full of hope and anticipation of the promise of another day, a new day, it is a pivotal point in the career of a touring musician. Whereas it is a departure for Zach Deputy, it is one that he feels confident his fans can relate to, but it isn't the end in itself. Deputy's multi-faceted diamond gets one side polished in this offering, and it is a side that will shine brightly for a new audience.
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